Back after 18 months – 44Cup sets sail next week in Slovenia
Following a huge effort on the part of the local organisers in Slovenia, the class, as well as the owners and teams arriving from the four corners of the globe, the 44Cup season will fire up again next week at the 44Cup Portorož.
Taking place over 19-23 May, the Slovenia stopover of the 2021 44Cup marks the first time the high performance 44ft one design monohulls and their owner-drivers will have met on the race course since Palma in November 2019, following the cancellation of the entire 44Cup in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eight teams are due to line-up next week including Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF, which won the 44Cup overall in 2019 as well as the last event in Palma. The Slovenian team finished 2019 just two points clear of Chris Bake’s Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika, with Bake’s team claiming second overall on countback. All three will be fighting it out again next week.
